yoderjac
5 year old buck +
We have been fording a creek to get to one of our clear cuts. This spring when we were doing fire break prep, I could not get the tractor across it with the disc. The disc hangs enough that the tires just spin going up the steep embankment on the other side. ATVs were able to make it across. So, we decided to put in a culvert. We bought a 20' x 2' HDPE pipe. I've watched a few videos and done some reading on installation. It is at a fairly remote location on the farm. It is probably not worth trying to cart enough 57s to the area to set it properly. So, I'm planning on just doing it with native clay soil.
The spot we are putting it is calm and has several feet of drop from side to side. The creek slope is probably a couple degrees. My plan is to try to dig about 6" of creek bed out to place it. I plan to leave about 1' of the 20' pipe exposed on each end. I hope to put a 3 degree crown on it. Finding sufficient clay close by for fill will be the challenge. I'll probably widen the firebreaks it is connecting for fill. I plan to cover it in layers compacting them as I go. We have the JD 35G mini excavator to do the digging and a tractor with a FEL to transport fill if needed.
Anything I'm missing or not considering that I should. Any words of wisdom or things to look out for would be appreciated. This will be a very low use crossing. We will need to get the tractor and disc back there for prep and then again for the actual burn. We'll probably burn this every 3 or 4 years. Other than that, we may have an occasional ATV cross it for deer retrieval but hat is about it. Work crew is coming out on Sat.
Thanks,
Jack
The spot we are putting it is calm and has several feet of drop from side to side. The creek slope is probably a couple degrees. My plan is to try to dig about 6" of creek bed out to place it. I plan to leave about 1' of the 20' pipe exposed on each end. I hope to put a 3 degree crown on it. Finding sufficient clay close by for fill will be the challenge. I'll probably widen the firebreaks it is connecting for fill. I plan to cover it in layers compacting them as I go. We have the JD 35G mini excavator to do the digging and a tractor with a FEL to transport fill if needed.
Anything I'm missing or not considering that I should. Any words of wisdom or things to look out for would be appreciated. This will be a very low use crossing. We will need to get the tractor and disc back there for prep and then again for the actual burn. We'll probably burn this every 3 or 4 years. Other than that, we may have an occasional ATV cross it for deer retrieval but hat is about it. Work crew is coming out on Sat.
Thanks,
Jack